Category Archives: Colour stories
Colour Experts
Helen Gilbert, Luxe 39: My Colourful World
Helen Gilbert is the brains behind luxury velvet cushion company Luxe 39. Here, she tells [...]
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Colour stories
5 ways colour helped me cope with coronavirus lockdown
I don’t know about you but I couldn’t have done without colour during the various [...]
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Colour stories
How to paint a mini-mural in 15 minutes
I love painting things. Every stage thrills me, starting from leafing through paint cards, comparing [...]
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Colour stories
Where to find colour in London: Liberty’s
Where do you head to when you’re feeling flat, melancholy or in need of recalibrating [...]
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Colour Experts Colour stories
10 books about colour
As a colour-lover, I’m often asked colour questions like, ‘What’s your favourite colour?’ The other [...]
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Colour Experts
Quirk & Rescue’s Ms Pink: My Colourful World
From incredible wallpaper, cushions and prints through to bespoke hand-painted furniture, the signature prints of [...]
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Shelfies
How to ‘shelfie’ your way to mindfulness
Can creating ‘shelfies’ help as a form of mindful activity? Martha Roberts asks the experts… [...]
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Colour stories
How to create the perfect (colourful) freelance space
When I worked on a national newspaper, we did long hours (news never sleeps, even [...]
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Colour stories
The psychology of pink
One of the things I’ve learned is that colour isn’t just something we see: the [...]
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Colour Experts
Lisa Dawson: My Colourful World
Lisa Dawson is an interiors blogger, writer and presenter whose weekly blog inspires fans on Instagram and [...]
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Colour stories
5 colourful holiday destinations
Someone recently asked me what my ideal holiday destination is. On a general level, the [...]
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Shelfies
14 May 18: ‘Shelfie’ is on its way!
BOOK NEWS!!!!!! OK, so I’m seriously excited. Some of you know (because you’ve been an [...]
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Pale green and blue bridge perfection
I have this thing about bridges. I told you about my love of the Severn [...]
Sep
The coloured front doors of Aberaeron
As you may recall, I recently changed the colour of the front door at Colour [...]
Sep
My colours of Wales
I’m off to Wales – the Land of my Fathers – where, I’ve been happily [...]
Sep
My love of Art Deco pthalo green
Do you ever fixate on a colour then discover it pops up in your life [...]
Sep
13 July 18: Picture wall joy
Good morning, folks. I know it’s only 24 hours since Shelfie was published, but I [...]
Sep
Ocean and river plastic collage
Recently, I’ve been creating a series of Thames plastic collages, set against different coloured backgrounds. [...]
Sep
2 July 18: The art of furniture-shifting
Are you a furniture-shifter? Guilty as charged. When I was a kid, I loved nothing [...]
Sep
The perfect coffee table
Did I ever tell you about my coffee table (see here, in the foreground)? I [...]
Sep
Cafe Nerro indigo
Do you ever come across a colour that makes you think, ‘I need to see [...]
Sep
29 June 18: Tales of Walton Street SW3
When I was kid, my mum told me she was known by friends at her [...]
Aug
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